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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many words has Tom produced by the end of the day portrayed in Chapter 18?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 600.
(c) 300.
(d) 800.

2. On what street is the house in Featherbank to which Jake and Tom move?
(a) Liminal Street.
(b) Chestnut Street.
(c) Garholt Street.
(d) Modoc Street.

3. By the time Amanda hosts a press conference, how many hours have passed since Neil's disappearance?
(a) 15.
(b) 46.
(c) 22.
(d) 4.

4. What color is the room in which Pete always visits with Frank Carter at the prison?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Gray.
(c) White.
(d) Brown.

5. When Chapter 10 presents narration from Pete's perspective, how many years has it been since Tony Smith's murder?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which other name is mentioned within the prologue, in addition to the person to whom it is addressed?

2. In Chapter 15, Frank Carter tells Pete that he had a dream about which character?

3. Mrs. Spencer tells Amanda in Chapter 6 that Neil had reported what type of creature outside his window before he went missing?

4. Jake tells his father Tom at the end of Chapter 11 that the monster outside his window had been taking what action?

5. Chapter 2 presents events from whose perspective?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the final line of Chapter 1 refer back to the novel's title and why?

2. Describe the man who rings Tom's doorbell at the end of Chapter 13 and meets him at the start of Chapter 14.

3. What new details about the Tony Smith case does the reader learn in Chapter 7?

4. What aspect of Jake's drawing bothers Tom in Chapter 8?

5. With what sentiment does the writer of the prologue end his address to his son Jake?

6. What does Jake tell his father Tom in Chapter 11 that convinces Tom to honor the boy's request to sleep in his father's bed?

7. What development causes Pete to tell Amanda that there is likely a break in the Neil Spencer case coming up?

8. At what point in the investigation of Neil Spencer's disappearance does Pete get officially involved?

9. When the girl in the checked white-and-blue dress repeats the whole rhyme to Jake in Chapter 17, what acts does it warn against taking?

10. The reader learns in Chapter 19 the reason behind Pete's divorce from his wife Sally. What was the reason?

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